Horse-detacher



L .ru 8 e h S S t e e h S 2 I R O N \J L e H O M O N HORSE DETAOHER.

Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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No. 378,193. 7 Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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NOAH ORIM, OF GALTON, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 378,193, dated February 2]., 1888.

Application filed December 12, 1887.

Serial N0.257,630. (No model.)

To [6 whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH GRIM, of Galton, in the county of Douglas and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Horse- Dctachcr, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of contrivauces applied on and in relation to whiffletrees for the convenient attachment and theinstantaneous detachment of the traces therefrom, whereby increased durability and efficiency are secured; and the invention consists in the formation, combination, and arrangement of the parts, all substantially as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawingaformiug a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of one end of a whiftletree with the ferrule of the present invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is aview at right angles to Fig. 2, parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is a view of the outerend of the ferrule, showing a modified construction ofthe eye. Fig. 5 is aplan view of a double whiffletree, showing as applied thereon connections for securing asimultaneous detachment of the traces therefrom; and Fig. 6 shows the arrangement of the detaching-connections for a single whiffietrce.

Upon each end of the whifiietree A is secured a ferrule, B, the outer end of which is formed into an eye or hook, O, and its inner end is soclzeted at a. From the socket (1 ex tends a contracted passage bored in different diameters, as at b and 5-, shoulders (I and d being thereby formed, and through the wall of said ferrule is formed a longitudinal slot, f. The inner side of the outer bar of the eye 0 is socketed, as at I lVithin and through the contracted bore is placed a spindle-bolt, D, having an enlarged socketed portion, forming a shoulder or step, if, resting on the ferrule-shoulder (1 The bolt is provided with a radial rigidly-attached pin, Z, having an eye, Z formed at its outer end, which pin extends outward through the slotf. A spiral spring, at, hearing by one end in the socket is, is held at its other end by a disk or plate, it, entered in the ferrule-socket and resting upon the shoulder (l, where it is there confined by screws p, passed through the ferrule-walls into or against said disk. By means of this spring the bolt D is held extended across the eye 6, its end resting in the socket h.

Force applied longitudinally of the whiffletree upon the pin Z will carry the projecting end of the bolt-spindle from its bearing in the eye-soclzet h inwardly across said eye to permit of the engagement or removal of the trace. To facilitate the attachment of the trace, a spring pin or catch, 1, is fitted in the ferrule, so that when the bolt is drawn inward the innor end of said catch will engage a recess, 2, in the socketed portion of thebolt. When the trace is in place in the ferruleeye, by raising the pin the bolt will be free to engage the trace.

In Fig. 1 the outer end bar, 3, of the eye 0 is shown as hinged at eand engaged at its lower end by a spring-catch, 5. The trace-eye can be placed on the bolt D or removed therefrom by loosening the free end of the bar 3 and swinging the bar outward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. If preferred, the eye 0 may be formed solid, as shown in Fig. i.

In order that all the traces may be simultaneously released, to the eyes Z of the boltpins at each end of the whiffletree are secured flexible connections which are guided to a common point, where they may be drawn upon. In Fig. 6 is shown an arrangement of the connections adapted to a single whifiletree, in which cords q q are guided by suitable eyes to the center of the whiffletree, from whence they can be extended upward to the vehicle.

The present invention being especially applicable and useful in connection with double whiffletrees, in Fig. 5 is illustrated an arrange ment for securing at one time the operation of all of the detaching devices, and it consists in cords or other suitable connections, q q, secured to and extending from each bolt-pin Z of the vehicle, by drawing upon which all the boltspindles will be withdrawn at the same time and the traces released.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a ferrule having the eye 0, contracted and shouldered passage 1) b, and slotf, of the bolt-spindle D, having pin Z, and the spiral spring m, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the ferrule having eye 0, passage 1) b and slot f, of the bolt-spindle D, having pin 1, the spring on, and the spring-catch l, substantially as and for the purpose stated.

3; The combination, with the ferrule having socketed eye 0, socket a, contracted and shouldered passageb b, and slotf, of the shouldered and socketed bolt-spindle D, having pin Z, the spiral spring m, and an abutment at the rear of said spring, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with the ferrule B, having eyes 0, provided with the hinged bar 3 and means for securing the bar, and slotted at f, of the spring-actuated boltspindle D, provided with the pin Z, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with a whiffietree, of

the ferrules B, having socketed eye 0, socket a, contracted and shouldered passage 1) b and slot f, the shoulderedand socketed bolt-spindles D, having pin Z, provided with eye Z", the spiral springs m, and the disks n,secured in the ferrule-socket a, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination, with the evener bar A and whiflietrees A A, each provided at their ends with slotted ferrules B, having springactuated spindle-bolt provided with pin Z, of the pivoted levers r r on said bar A the connections q between said pins Z and the ends of said levers r, and the connections Z, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with a double whiffletree comprising the evener-bar A" and the whiffietrees A A, of the ferrules 13, having eye 0, socket a, contractedpassage b b", and slot f, the bolt-spindles D, having pin Z, spring m, and abutment therefor, the pivoted'levers 1- on said bar Aflthe connectionsq between said pins land the ends of said levers r, and the connections t, all substantially as shown, and for the purpose described. 7

NOAH CRIM. 

